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Modern sculpture is coming to the Getty Center—and giving its outdoor spaces a whole new look.
The new installation debuts in January 2007, but visit now to see the first arrivals, including Roy Lichtenstein's Three Brushstrokes on the plaza outside the Getty Research Institute, Alberto Giacometti's Standing Woman I in the Museum Entrance Hall, and Ellsworth Kelly's Untitled in the Museum Courtyard.
Learn more about modern sculpture at the Getty Center.
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Ellsworth Kelly's bronze Untitled (1988) graces the pathway from the Museum Courtyard to the Cactus Garden
© Ellsworth Kelly
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Current Exhibitions
Future Exhibitions
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Caspar-David Friedrich and Gerhard Richter are artists separated by well over a century but united by geography and sensibility. See their contemplative, mysterious landscapes, along with a selection of 19th- and 20th-century German paintings from the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, Germany, in this two-part exhibition that examines tradition, innovation, and the power of place in German art.
Learn more about this exhibition.
See all events related to this exhibition.
Left: Cross in the Mountains (Tetschen Altar) (detail), Caspar David Friedrich, 1807–1808. Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Right: Wald, (892-3) (detail), Gerhard Richter, 2005. Collection of Susan and Leonard Feinstein. Promised gift to The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © Gerhard Richter.
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 Landscape in the Renaissance (through October 15, 2006)
A Tumultuous Assembly: Visual Poems of the Italian Futurists (through January 7, 2007)
Casting Nature: François-Thomas Germain's Machine d'Argent (through March 25, 2007)
A Renaissance Cabinet Rediscovered (ongoing)
Opening This Month
Public Faces/Private Spaces: Recent Acquisitions (October 10, 2006–February 4, 2007)
Guercino: Mind to Paper (October 17, 2006–January 21, 2007)
Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection (October 24, 2006–February 25, 2007)
The Gospels in Medieval Manuscript Illumination (October 31, 2006–January 7, 2007)
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Enduring Myth: The Tragedy of Hippolytos and Phaidra (through December 4, 2006)
Opening This Month
Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia (October 26, 2006–April 30, 2007)
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Information, Tickets, and Reservations:
(310) 440-7300
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World of images—Anthony Discenza presents News Cycle #2 on October 6
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Experience moving pictures of the offbeat and visionary kind at this special video-and-sound incarnation of Friday Nights at the Getty. Avant-garde artists combine projected images and live music for two evenings of electroacoustics, cable news mashups, rustic pop, experimental puppetry, and more.
Tickets $5; call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.
Learn more about this event.
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Wielding words as weapons, the Italian Futurists cast aside the "mystic ideals" of an irrelevant past and celebrated the tumultuous life of the modern age.
Learn from literary critic Marjorie Perloff about the Futurists' greatest invention—the manifesto—and enjoy a private viewing of the exhibition A Tumultuous Assembly: Visual Poems of the Italian Futurists.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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"Une assemblée tumultueuse. Sensibilité numérique" (A Tumultuous Assembly. Numerical Sensibility), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, 1919
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2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
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Detail of Crows in the Wheatfields by Vincent van Gogh showing his thickly textured brushstrokes
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Vincent van Gogh Foundation
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How much do we really know about Vincent van Gogh? His powerful style and use of color have made him one of the world's most beloved painters, yet the exact ingredients of his paint have long remained a mystery. In this lecture, Leslie Carlyle, head of conservation at Tate, explores new theories about how Van Gogh may have used special paint recipes to achieve his distinctive look.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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The first traditional music group in the Middle East composed entirely of women, El Azifet presents a masterful, enthralling performance of Tunisia's national music, the malouf, to complement the upcoming exhibition Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa.
Tickets $25; $20 students/seniors. Call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.
Learn more and hear a music sample.
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El Azifet, cultural ambassadors for the rich musical heritage of Northern Africa
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Barry Lopez, called "arguably the nation's premier nature writer"
Photo: Nancy Crampton
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Author Barry Lopez, a perceptive chronicler of our physical and psychological landscapes, discusses works from the upcoming exhibition Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection. Lopez guides us to moments in these photographs where ordinary events or objects suddenly become utterly extraordinary—and helps us uncover similar moments in our own lives.
Free; reservations required.
Learn more and make reservations.
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